[governance] IGF workshop: Internet for All

Tue Jul 1 02:07:55 EDT 2008

Parminder and all,

  Wow! that's kinda a short time to give the proposal a good
think, don't you think?

Parminder wrote:

> I request that comments etc be provided on this proposal in the next 48
> hours, so that if approved by the caucus we can submit it by end of
> Thursday. Pl also indicate if more time is needed for discussion, though we
> have very little maneuvering space vis a vis the deadline which, in fact, is
> already past.
>
>   Thanks
>
> Parminder
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: karen banks [mailto:karenb at gn.apc.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 2:47 PM
> > To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> > Subject: [governance] IGF workshop: Internet for All
> >
> > Hi everyone
> >
> > Please find below a reworked text for the
> > 'internet for all' workshop - which has evolved
> > and in fact changed focus significantly since first posted to the caucus
> > list.
> >
> > The caucus group working on this proposal
> > (internet for all) have also been working with
> > the Bill of Rights Coalition - who are
> > submitting  a 'mainstreaming-rights-into-IGF proposal'
> >
> > We have discussed at length how best to approach
> > human rights and IG - how to bring a rights
> > perspective to the IGF - and we will have a long
> > way to go - but it is certainly a good start.
> >
> > The caucus folk and Bill of Rights folk will also
> > express inhterest in helping to shape the main
> > session of openness, security and privacy
> >
> > The proposal below is not in the workshop
> > proposal format (yet) but parminder has asked the
> > secretariat for a short extension - wherein we
> > will need to get the proposal into the template and identify some
> > speakers..
> >
> > karen
> >
> > "Internet for All - Exploring a Rights-based Approach"
> >
> > Internet for All has been proposed as the overall
> > theme for the IGF, Hyderabad. The program
> > document also states that this description is
> > adapted from the UNESCO's 'Education for All'
> > initiative. Education for All takes a rights
> > based approach to education, and also a very
> > nuanced view of 'what kind of education' as well
> > as the enabling conditions that are required for
> > providing education for all (
> > http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-
> > URL_ID=47044&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
> > ) . This workshop will explore what does a
> > 'Rights-based Approach to Internet for All'
> > means, and whether it provides the basis of an
> > appropriate and viable set of guidelines in the area of Internet policies.
> >
> > Universal service and universal access are widely
> > accepted policy principles in case of telecom
> > policies. However, the meaning and context of
> > these terms in case of Internet is still not
> > clear. Unlike telephony, Internet is much more
> > than a 'connection' that 'either you have or you
> > don't'. A draft resolution recommended by the
> > 11th session of CSTD for adoption by the ECOSOC
> > (http://www.unctad.org/sections/wcmu/docs//ecn162008_r004_en.pdf
> > ) recently noted that 'a new form of digital
> > divide is emerging in terms of difference in
> > quality and speed of access to ICTs' ( OECD has
> > also been grappling with definitional issues
> > regarding universal access in terms of the
> > Internet ( http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/57/40629067.pdf ).
> >
> > Apart from the issues about what width of the
> > pipe can constitute universal entitlement or a
> > right, if at all, there are also at least two
> > other sets of issues which need to be explored
> > from a rights perspective (1) enabling conditions
> > for making effective use of the available access
> > and (2) the kind of the Internet one has access
> > to.  A rights based approach to "Internet for
> > All' or what may be called as a 'right to the
> > Internet' therefore has to explored in terms of
> > many issues that go beyond mere access to the
> > Internet, while including this important element.
> >
> > Enabling conditions could be in terms of training
> > and capacity building as well as the social,
> > organizational, and managerial infrastructure.
> > The "Education for All' movement recognizes such
> > conditions that are outside and beyond mere
> > access to schools which are pertinent to ensuring education for all.
> >
> > Other set of issues are about what kind of
> > Internet does one have access to. This
> > corresponds to quality and appropriateness of
> > education in the 'education for all' movement.
> > For instance, is one entitled to an Internet that
> > recognizes one's own language? It is significant
> > to note in this respect that a recent UNESCO
> > document speaks about ''the right to learn in the
> > mother tongue' (
> > http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001297/129728e.pdf
> > ). The WSIS declaration of Principles speaks of
> > an "information society where everyone can
> > create, access, utilize and share information".
> > Does it translate into a right to do so? What
> > implication would such a right have on Internet
> > policies, for instance with respect to network
> > neutrality debate. Similarly, issues like online
> > security, privacy and FoE may be possible to
> > explore from a rights perspective to 'Internet for all'.
> >
> > Another set of issues are with respect to groups
> > needing special consideration like people with
> > disabilities, whose right to access to 'new
> > information and communications technologies and
> > systems, including the Internet' is recognized by
> > the 'International Convention on the Rights of
> > Persons with Disabilities' which came into force recently.
> >
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